Power Calibration Errors

[bleeds green]

Hello,

Could someone please help me, lately I have been having tons of problems backing up some of my movies. I am wrecking a lot of disc's and keep getting the same error in the burning process. Whether I use dvd decrypter and then dvd shrink or whether i just use dvd shrink with dvd43. When it comes to the burning i am getting the power calibration errors whether I leave burn speed on max or if I set it to x4 or x2. Any ideas on what I can do, I am sick of wrecking so many discs. Also the one I am having problems with now is 24 season 3 disc 2 but i have been running into this problem on many other movies. thanks.

[LT. Columbo]

scroll down to #5 for information regarding that error here.
http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45942

[bleeds green]

thanks i will try some of the stuff posted on there and also found some more info regarding power calirbration as well. One thing that I am confused with though is the DMA. When I go to check on my system and I go to the ATI in the device manager and I click on properties, there is no advanced tab to even go to. I am using xp and have sp2 on it.

[bleeds green]

Does anyone know why I don't have the advanced setting to see whether my computer is set to DMA? Thanks.

[bleeds green]

Anyone?? Please.

[losdog]

dude, I had the same DMA problem about two weeks ago. Long story short, I had to replace my burner. The reason why is because after enough "errors" the DMA gets set to a default and will not let you reset it. (some kinda safty issue with windows). Anyway, the good news is that I had kept the receipt for that burner and it was still under the one year warrenty, so I just took it back to BestBuy and got another new one for free. After that, all my problems went away.

[bleeds green]

what i can't figure out though is that I am using windows xp and when i go to the device manager and go to the primary channel and to properties i have no advanced setting to even go into.

[bleeds green]

Does anyone out there know why I don't have access to the advanced settings in the device manager for the primary or secondary channel so I can see if my DMA is on please.

[blutach]

Could it be your drivers need updating.

This is one for our hardware experts.

Thread transferred to General Computing.

And PLEASE, stop bumping your posts. See rule 14.

Regards

[doit2it]

bleeds green - Are you going to IDE controllers or something else?

[bleeds green]

Yeah I am going to the IDE controllers and then clicking on the + and getting to the primary and secondary channels and that is where I don't have an option for advanced settings and I am using xp so it should be there. I have tried most other things to fix my power calibration error and just want to check to see if this is it before I decide that maybe it is my burner that is shot. Although I have only burnt about 300 discs with it. It is a pioneer dvd 108 and it got really good ratings so i would hate to think it is shot already. thanks in advance for your input.

[Chewy]

bleeds,

right mouse click on secondary ide channel,
select properties in the drop down menu



blutach,

hardware experts?
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[blutach]

Again, are your chipset drivers current? AFAIK, this symptom indicates a reinstall of Windows!

One other point - do you have the intel application accelerator drivers installed? This can also take away the advanced setting tab.

Regards

[Chewy]

"I am using xp and have sp2 on it."

"Again, are your VIA drivers current? Chewy, is this relevant?"

not sure without some sort of log VIA??????????

"I go to the ATI in the device manager and I click on properties"
?????????????????????????????????????

[blutach]

Maybe a Nero Info Tool readout would be useful and also a screenshot of the Device Manager/MSInfo32 readout.

EDIT: To blazes with it - uninstall the channel and reboot. Right click on the secondary and click uninstall.

Regards

[bleeds green]

I have tried all of the advice and thanks for that. I have found out that dma is on by looking at my logs. Pretty much think that my drive is on its way out. Any good recommendations for a new drive, I had a pioneer dvd 108 and it had rated high but only lastest just over a year. Are there any good websites that do some comparrisons and such?

[Chewy]

bleeds,
we still don't know squat about your details, post a log.
it will show media code and firmware and possible conflicts

[bleeds green]

I will when i get a chance when i get back to my home computer again but i have looked at the log, i have the newest firmware, the dma is on. I have also tried updated my drivers and also uninstalling them and letting windows install them itself. Dont' know what else to try, even buring just a few hundred pics off of my computer on to a dvd comes up with errors now as well. It also won't always read when you put a dvd into the drive and will have to reboot, that is why i am starting to think that the drive is pretty much dead.

[Chewy]

At least a new better burner won't cost much.

[bleeds green]

that's what i was thinking and I saw on a post further down in this fourm that you were suggesting a NEC 3540 which is exactly the one I was considering. I will still post a log when i get a chance though. Thanks for all of your help.

[Chewy]

ur more than welcome bleeds